rendering with no erase

    williamshome
    Jun 15 2006 | 5:24 pm
    Hi buddy,
    I would like to have my opengl canvas be continuously draw over without erasing so that I can have a complex background with newly added elements.
    However, I've just found that I cannot draw on the portion of the screen where I have already draw before. In a result, I cannot add my new colors over my old color.
    I have tried to use rendering context feedback to redraw my background but there is some slight displacement among frames and make it result in a small bluring effect...
    I guess the problem is because the default rendering in Max/Jitter is double-buffering and my idea in the first should work if I can have a single-buffered canvas, is it?
    Thanks for your attention and look forward to hear any advise...
    yours, William
    • randall jones
      Jun 15 2006 | 6:09 pm
      Hiya pal,
      This is just a guess, but possibly you are rendering with depth_enable on, and z buffering is preventing more things from being drawn. Try turning depth_enable off.
      best, Randy
    • williamshome
      Jun 16 2006 | 5:14 am
      Thanks Randy. Your guess is right, and now I can have my graphics correctly.
      But when I have the window fullscreen, the screen flicks and I can see swaps among my desktop and my graphics.
      Are there a way to "invalidate" my screen, so it is always be the target to be refreshed ?
      Many thanks to all.
      yours, William
    • Joshua Kit Clayton
      Jun 16 2006 | 8:01 am
      If on windows, you may be able to avoid of of his by changing your windowing acceleration in your monitor settings. Otherwise after you switch to (or from) fullscreen, perform an erase for he first render, then don't erase.
      -Joshua